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None Hurt in Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion in West Virginia
By: Associated Press
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MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. (AP) – Authorities say no injuries have been reported after a natural gas pipeline explosion in northern West Virginia shot flames into the air that could be seen for miles.
The explosion was contained by 6 a.m. Thursday, less than two hours after the TransCanada Columbia Gas Transmission System pipeline blew up in a remote area of Moundsville, in Marshall County.
Roberts Ridge Volunteer Fire Department Robert Jones says the explosion “brought me straight out of bed and highlighted my whole window.”
TransCanada says in a statement the cause of the explosion is undetermined.